Defiant American Single Malt / 41%/ 0.75l
- Defiant whisky is a product of Blue Ridge Distilling Co. located in Bostic, North Carolina. The company was established by Tim Ferris, former salvage diver, in 2010.
Product description
Defiant Whiskey is a product of Blue Ridge Distilling Company based in Bostic, North Carolina. The company was founded in 2010 by Tim Ferris, a professional diver.
The first distillation took place in June 2012 and Defiant Single Malt debuted in December. The whisky is distilled from brewery malt and aged in a rather original way – it is not the barrel that is filled with distillate, but rather the distillate with the barrel. Maturation takes place in vats in which spirally cut oak planks are placed, previously subjected to the roasting process. The entire process takes from two to six months. Tim Ferris claims that he is talking about the absorption of substances contained in the wood by the distillate, and the traditional form is exceptionally "inefficient".
Aroma : sweet, malty, cereal, vanilla, honey, oak and delicate nutty tones.
Taste: light, lots of cereal, buttered toast, vanilla, caramel, traces of hay and oak.
Finish : medium long and unexpectedly spicy, vanilla, pepper, ginger and oak.